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by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 3:18 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
Replies: 445
Views: 71736

Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations

I also would love to see that parking lot developed - artist lofts/apartments? I imagine though it makes pretty good $$ being so close to the Basilica, the school, etc. I don't know -- it never seems that full to me, and it probably isn't commanding the pricing that a lot closer to the downtown cor...
by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 12:57 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
Replies: 136
Views: 51889

The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)

From the Biz Journal : Associated Bank has selected Ryan Cos. US Inc. to redevelop its property at the corner of Snelling and Selby avenues in St. Paul. A new Associated Bank branch will be part of the mixed-use project at 176 N. Snelling Ave., which now contains a three-story office building with a...
by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 12:42 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
Replies: 445
Views: 71736

Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations

I'd love to see the parking lot at Maple St. and Harmon Place (next to Loring Park and Joe's Garage) redeveloped. What a waste of a great site. That parking lot can't be that lucrative, can it?
by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 12:09 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
Replies: 132
Views: 22249

Re: What will it take to develop DTE?

This idea makes me want to just remove the ramps to/from Washington Avenue entirely and reconfigure 3rd/4th to handle traffic in all directions.
Yes, I'm not sure what it would take to achieve that, but I agree that we should continue moving in that direction.
by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 11:24 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Five15 on the Park - 515 15th Avenue South
Replies: 187
Views: 46480

Re: Fine Assoc LLC Development - Cedar Riverside

Pretty sure this is the Currie Park Lofts, which has been sloshing around in pre-development FOREVER.
by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 11:07 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Blue Line (Hiawatha LRT)
Replies: 628
Views: 246709

Re: Blue Line (Hiawatha)

Good for them.
by MNdible
September 28th, 2012, 10:56 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
Replies: 1016
Views: 174856

Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)

Looking at it critically, I don't think the bus tunnel is a bad idea, although I'd have a lot of concerns about it's execution. Unlike the theoretical Bottineau Underground, this would probably need to be a cut and cover tunnel, so it probably messes with all sorts of utility issues, and the vertica...
by MNdible
September 26th, 2012, 10:57 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Replies: 124
Views: 21697

Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)

You guys know a lot about rocks.
Head full of rocks, story of my life.
by MNdible
September 26th, 2012, 10:12 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
Replies: 1016
Views: 174856

Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)

Btw, I disagree that Nicollet Mall is a success for transit. It's definitely a success for pedestrians and urban design, but it's overcapacity at peak today - imagine what it was like 30 years ago when the buses on it had twice the peak hour frequency. No wonder transit took a dump in the last cent...
by MNdible
September 25th, 2012, 10:09 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Replies: 124
Views: 21697

Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)

Just to clarify, the stone used at the WCCO building is a dolomitic limestone commonly called Kasota Stone. It's harder and more stable than regular limestone. Sandstone is a whole different animal, although (as you suggest) there was a lot of it quarried in the region, including some at closed quar...
by MNdible
September 25th, 2012, 8:53 am
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: Block E (archive)
Replies: 351
Views: 106475

Re: Block E

AMC theatre left Block E because of a landlord-tenant dispute and that AMC would have liked to stay put. As I understand it, AMC had a lease that allowed them to operate there essentially lease free, as long as they weren't very profitable. So, it was a great deal for them and no wonder they wanted...
by MNdible
September 25th, 2012, 8:49 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Minneapolis Streetcar System
Replies: 272
Views: 45005

Re: Minneapolis Streetcar System

I vote for the cut and cover LRT idea :) especially between Lake/Nicollet and Central/Hennepin because it could interline Southwest via the Greenway continuing on to a line towards Rosedale someday.

That's under consideration, right?
In a word, no.
by MNdible
September 25th, 2012, 8:46 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223478

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

This outlet mall better be the best thing since sliced bread the way it's been talked up on this forum.
by MNdible
September 24th, 2012, 11:08 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1359
Views: 346461

Re: MSP Airport

If you want to be a major player in the airport world you HAVE to have AT LEAST one major hotel/conference center that is actually on-site! I'm surprised this isn't a bigger feature of the redevelopment actually. The article is pretty clear that this is a short term solution until the site for the ...
by MNdible
September 19th, 2012, 10:48 am
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: Great Minneapolis Fire of 1893
Replies: 0
Views: 1795

Great Minneapolis Fire of 1893

A bit of history that I knew nothing about until recently.

Interesting how you can still in many ways see the lingering urban effects of this fire over a hundred years later.
by MNdible
September 19th, 2012, 10:32 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Dock Street Flats - (333 Washington Avenue North)
Replies: 144
Views: 43092

Re: Dock Street Apartments - (333 Washington Avenue North)

I think in this case, what they're really referring to is technically known as the Third Avenue Distributor Ramps.
by MNdible
September 19th, 2012, 9:43 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Parks Master Plan
Replies: 36
Views: 2659

Re: North Loop Park

Hooray! About time. Expect the new park will be very kid/family friendly. Perhaps a gazebo for free outdoor concerts? Sorry, that made me think of this: Kankakee County was rated last out of 354 metropolitan areas ranked in the United States and Canada by the Places Rated Almanac. Late night televi...
by MNdible
September 18th, 2012, 8:11 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1359
Views: 346461

Re: MSP Airport

I agree with pretty much everything you've said, MSPtoMKE. I had heard, though, that Great Lakes was going to be moving to T2, which doesn't make much sense to me, since (as you suggested) those A and B Concourse gates will likely be less and less useful to Delta, and since most people flying on Gre...
by MNdible
September 18th, 2012, 9:24 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Minnesota Valley regional rail (Shakopee, Mankato, beyond)
Replies: 55
Views: 13403

Minnesota Valley regional rail (Shakopee, Mankato, beyond)

From the "Morning Take" political newsletter: BUZZ: A new effort to have a train connecting The Depot in St. Paul to Shakopee attractions Mystic Lake, Valley Fair and Canterbury Downs will conduct a tour today with legislators as invited guests. Does anybody know anything about this? Would...
by MNdible
September 16th, 2012, 7:51 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1359
Views: 346461

Re: MSP Airport

Posted this in the other link, but... The FAA's new NextGen air traffic control system could have a major impact on increasing the capacity of the runways at MSP, as well as potentially decreasing the sound impacts (at least for landing aircraft -- probably doesn't impact those taking off). at the p...